Going home for the holidays is a special sort of adventure full of road trips, family traditions, and the crazy characters we call friends and family. This year, Taproot’s Improv Team is bringing you the story of a pair of newlyweds sharing their first Christmas. Using suggestions from the audience, the actors create the characters, traditions and circumstances in, what is to be, a hilarious and unexpected holiday story you won’t forget. No two performances are the same.

Tickets are $5 for kids 5-12, and $10 for those over 12. (This play is recommended for those over 5). Gingerbread cookies and hot apple cider will be served.

In conjunction with the national “Small Business Saturday,” the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce presents for your grazing pleasure, Winterfest, within the boundaries of our own quaint little Village. All are invited to stop and Shop Small Saturday 4-8 p.m. for festivities to include carolers, horse-drawn wagon rides, live reindeer, and Santa photos at Windermere. Be sure to attend the Christmas tree lighting beginning at 5 p.m. at Magnolia Garden Center.

“It’s a great time for the Magnolia community to visit the Village and meet the owners,” says Greg Carnese, out-going Chamber of Commerce director. “Small Business Saturday is happening nation-wide. Friday is for the big boxes and Saturday for the neighborhood. Winterfest is fun too.”

Most businesses provide a little nibble as an added incentive.

Tickets for the free wagon rides are available under the tent in the middle of McGraw Street, operated by the Chamber.

]]>http://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/25/winterfest-is-saturday/feed/038972No solid waste pick up on Thanksgiving Dayhttp://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/23/no-solid-waste-pick-up-on-thanksgiving-day/
http://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/23/no-solid-waste-pick-up-on-thanksgiving-day/#respondWed, 23 Nov 2016 21:53:45 +0000http://www.magnoliavoice.com/?p=38969 Read the full article...]]>No garbage, food and yard waste or recycling collections are scheduled in Seattle on Thursday, Nov. 24. Collections scheduled for Thursday will occur on Friday, and Friday collections will happen on Saturday due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Have your containers out by 7 a.m. to ensure collection.

The City of Seattle’s South Transfer station in the South Park neighborhood will also be closed on Thanksgiving Day.

Customers can report a missed garbage, yard waste or recycling collection by calling (206) 684-3000 or by clicking on “Report Missed Collection” at SPU’s website.

Compost your giblets: Seattle residents can put all their Thanksgiving food scraps and unwanted leftovers, including green bean casserole, aspic, turkey bones, celery, yams, potatoes, fruitcake and paper napkins in their food and yard waste carts. The food waste will be made into compost for local gardens and parks. Learn how you can prevent kitchen waste at here.

Did you deep fry your turkey? Recycle your used cooking oil. Set up to 2 gallons of used oil out on your normal collection day for free pick up. Put the oil in one-gallon plastic containers labeled with your name and address. Learn more about what items you can recycle here.

For information on where to dispose of household hazardous waste, including station locations and hours, contact www.HazWasteHelp.org or (206) 296-4692.

After 25 faithful years with the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce, the current director, Greg Carnese is pulling the pin. In an open letter to the community he writes, in part:

“It has been an honor to work with and represent such a great community organization. During the last two years, we have doubled current Magnolia Chamber membership to 100+ dues paying members. We’ve worked tenaciously to improve the business climate and have spearheaded the evolution into a Neighborhood Association, inclusive of all members of the community. I’m proud of the Grants we’ve applied for and been awarded by the City of Seattle to drive and fuel our Visioning Magnolia Project.

It has been truly enjoyable to work cooperatively with many friends and colleagues sponsoring Community Events, Projects, and preparing Grant proposals while representing the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce. I will personally miss the day- to-day conversations and interactions with many friends and acquaintances in the community.

As I step away, I leave the Magnolia community well-represented under the watchful eye and capable ongoing leadership of the Board of Directors for the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce. Thank you for the opportunity to serve the Magnolia community as Executive Director of the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce.”

Thank you Greg, and best of luck with your future endeavors.

]]>http://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/17/chamber-director-retiring/feed/038952Burglary on the bluffhttp://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/17/burglary-on-the-bluff/
http://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/17/burglary-on-the-bluff/#commentsThu, 17 Nov 2016 21:02:14 +0000http://www.magnoliavoice.com/?p=38954 Read the full article...]]>Police responded to suspicious behavior, and then found a home burglarized after a Magnolia mom frightened a pair of suspects Wednesday night.

“As I pulled into my driveway, I saw two men wearing black clothing head-to-toe,” the mom told Magnolia Voice. “They took off running as fast as they could behind my car.”

Later on her security video, we see them high-tailing it, but the images were not close enough to see their faces. Her husband immediately called police to report the incident.

“After I hung up with the police I went out to the property with a flashlight to see what was going on,” he says. “Then I heard a BANG. It wasn’t like a gunshot, but definitely an abnormal sound for the neighborhood. [Police] discovered forced entry on the rear door. It was an unoccupied building. The owners were away.”

Seattle Police, including a K-9 unit, were unable to immediately locate the culprits. One officer who was holding a fingerprint brush confirmed the burglary to Magnolia Voice. At the rear of the home neighbors found the sliding glass door with a large hole in it.

The mom wants to praise police for such a quick response.

]]>http://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/17/burglary-on-the-bluff/feed/138954Volunteer with Heron Habitat Helpers on Green Seattle Day – Saturday, November 12http://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/10/volunteer-with-heron-habitat-helpers-on-green-seattle-day-saturday-november-12/
Thu, 10 Nov 2016 22:26:08 +0000http://www.magnoliavoice.com/?p=38948 Read the full article...]]>Green Seattle Day is the biggest party of the year – join hundreds of volunteers planting thousands of plants in parks throughout the Emerald City. Volunteer with Heron Habitat Helpers from 9:00am – noon. They’ll be weeding, trail clearing, and planting at Commodore Park and our other restoration sites in Magnolia – and of course, having fun at the same time. Coffee, tea, and a light snack provided.

]]>38948Girl Scout food drive tonighthttp://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/09/girl-scout-food-drive-tonight/
http://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/09/girl-scout-food-drive-tonight/#commentsWed, 09 Nov 2016 23:47:24 +0000http://www.magnoliavoice.com/?p=38944 Read the full article...]]>Magnolia Girl Scouts are conducting a food drive to benefit the Ballard Food Bank. This is their 8th year, and they have over 100 Scouts in 1st through 8th grade. Each Scout has been collecting food door to door over the last week.

Tonight, the Scouts will canvas the neighborhood together between 6pm and 8pm. The general area they are canvassing will be between Government Way in the North, 27th Ave W in the East, Smith Street in the South and 40th Ave W in the West. You can view a more detailed map here.

Please answer your door if a Scout rings or knocks or you may leave a bag of food on your porch with a label for the Scouts.

From Scout leader Jim Petersen:

This is just one of the service project we perform. We sing carols after the Village Tree Lighting at Adult Family Homes and homes of the elderly, we collect supplies for Children’s Hospital, we make Blankets and Craft Kits for the children at Children’s hospital, we Sponsor a girl in Kenya so her family can send her to school, we conduct the flag ceremony at Blaine and Lawton for Veteran’s Day, we sponsor and run 3 Activity Nights at an assisted living facility and make toys for the pets at the pet shelter. We hope to build girls of Courage, Confidence and Character who can make the world a better place.

Thank you for your help.

]]>http://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/09/girl-scout-food-drive-tonight/feed/138944Magnolia Veterans Day activitieshttp://www.magnoliavoice.com/2016/11/09/magnolia-veterans-day-activities/
Wed, 09 Nov 2016 19:23:38 +0000http://www.magnoliavoice.com/?p=38942 Read the full article...]]>On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as “The Great War.” Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, November 11 became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans’ Day, a holiday dedicated to living American veterans of all wars.

This week Veterans are honored here in Magnolia with activities throughout our neighborhood.

Friday – 8 a.m. Help decorate McGraw Street in the Village with U.S. flags. Create thank you cards for our current military and veterans. Bring your extra Halloween candy to share with them at Veteran’s facilities, all to be hand-delivered later. Please meet on the sidewalk near the post office.
9 a.m. Gather at the post office flag pole to show your appreciation for the military and our veterans. The Magnolia Boy Scouts will provide a color guard, and the Magnolia American Legion will give a short presentation.